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‘Lack of capacity’: China climate envoy rejects US, EU overcapacity claims at Dalian forum
- Liu Zhenmin says China will build up clean energy production, arguing nations need ‘much cheaper’ technologies to achieve carbon neutrality
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China’s special envoy for climate change has called for expanded production of the country’s renewable energy products, citing a strong global demand, in a sharp dismissal of overcapacity claims raised by Western economies.
“[There are] only two groups of countries that are talking about so-called overcapacity. One is the United States, the other [is] the European Union,” Liu Zhenmin told an international forum on Tuesday.
“For the rest of the world, for international organisations including the United Nations … [and] globally speaking, there is no overcapacity.”
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Liu China’s former vice-minister for foreign affairs, was responding to a question at a panel discussion on climate leadership at the 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian.
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Why the EU, US are concerned about China’s overcapacity
Why the EU, US are concerned about China’s overcapacity
His remarks came as the US and EU increasingly took aim at China’s industrial overcapacity, with the issue emerging as a key point of contention in the deepening economic rivalry between Beijing and the West.
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